4 injured in crash on Caseville Road

Published 7:00 pm, Monday, December 7, 2009

WINSORTOWNSHIP— Four people were injured recently in a single-vehicle accident along Caseville Road.

According to Deputy Ward Carter of the Huron County Sheriff’s Office, the driver, Ryan S. Welshans, 27, of Pigeon, was traveling south on Caseville Road around 2:45 p.m. on Dec. 1.

Police reports Welshans was traveling at a high rate of speed when he attempted to pass a vehicle, also traveling south.

While attempting to pass the vehicle, Welshans lost control of the 1995 Chevy Lumina he was driving.

The vehicle traveled onto the east shoulder of the road and Welshans attempted to re-enter the roadway.

The vehicle then traveled across to the west shoulder of the road, crossed the roadway again and came to rest in the ditch.

Welshans and his three passengers in the vehicle at the time of the accident, Lisa Rhodes, 25, of Pigeon, Cassandra Dutcher, 18, of Pigeon, and Jason Malberry, 25, of Pigeon, all were injured in the crash.

They were all transported from the accident scene by ambulance to Scheurer Hospital in Pigeon.